AMD invests in companies

Advanced Micro Devices wants to invest in technology companies as it attempts to build hardware and software ecosystem around its forthcoming Fusion CPU, according to an official statement the company issued in the course of yesterday. The chip maker will invest in software companies that are engaged in the development of applications that unbridled possibilities of parallel processing of CPU and graphics processing units to increase system performance, said John Taylor, director of the Department of Fusion Marketing at AMD, in addition, they will be investing in the hardware business.